Real Estate Investing Exposure Podcast

“You only need a small axe to chop down a big tree.”

-Nico Salgado

Nico Salgado has a BS in Business Bargaining and Management and a minor in economics. He also holds a master's degree in Spanish language education, and has spent the last 17 years as a Spanish teacher. Apart from being a teacher, he has been investing in real estate. He's an entrepreneur, coach, mentor, and leader. Nico began investing in real estate in 2012 with a single family development project and has scaled to owning 194 units as a general partner. He also hosts a bi-weekly Meetup group titled The Multifamily Investors Network in New York. Nico also hosts the small acts podcast where he interviews industry leaders and multifamily where he believes it only takes small acts to build a lasting Empire.

In this episode, Trevor and Nico discuss:

• How this Spanish Teacher, avid surfer, woodworker and traveler hop into real estate investing.
• How to build a team from different locations.
• The property type or asset class best for multifamily space.
• The difficult challenges of a real estate investor.
• How losing $60,000 taught Nico and the team.
• How to overcome the negative mindset from an expensive and painful learning experience.
• How to build your personal brand and community from scratch.

“You only need a small axe to chop down a big tree.”

-Nico Salgado

Nico Salgado has a BS in Business Bargaining and Management and a minor in economics. He also holds a master's degree in Spanish language education, and has spent the last 17 years as a Spanish teacher. Apart from being a teacher, he has been investing in real estate. He's an entrepreneur, coach, mentor, and leader. Nico began investing in real estate in 2012 with a single family development project and has scaled to owning 194 units as a general partner. He also hosts a bi-weekly Meetup group titled The Multifamily Investors Network in New York. Nico also hosts the small acts podcast where he interviews industry leaders and multifamily where he believes it only takes small acts to build a lasting Empire.

In this episode, Trevor and Nico discuss:

• How this Spanish Teacher, avid surfer, woodworker and traveler hop into real estate investing.
• How to build a team from different locations.
• The property type or asset class best for multifamily space.
• The difficult challenges of a real estate investor.
• How losing $60,000 taught Nico and the team.
• How to overcome the negative mindset from an expensive and painful learning experience.
• How to build your personal brand and community from scratch.

“Sometimes you realize, this isn't necessarily where you want to end up, but it's going to help you get there.”

-Anthony Vicino

Anthony is a best selling author, real estate investor and serial entrepreneur committed to helping people maximize their return on life. He's the CO founding partner of Invictus capital, a multifamily acquisition firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 15 million in assets under management that provides busy working professionals with the opportunity to invest better, as the host of the Multifamily investing Made Simple podcast and author of passive investing Made Simple, Anthony firmly believes investing shouldn't be complicated, scary, or overwhelming. 

In this episode, Trevor and Anthony discuss:

•  Anthony’s background, what attracted him to invest in real estate and how he got started.
•  Using Triplex to start investing in real estate and how it works.
•  Scaling from triplex to bigger units.
•  How to grow your network and how to present opportunities to potential investors.
•  Being in line with SEC expectations and law when raising capitals.
•  The importance of education when starting a real estate business.

“Sometimes you realize, this isn't necessarily where you want to end up, but it's going to help you get there.”

-Anthony Vicino

Anthony is a best selling author, real estate investor and serial entrepreneur committed to helping people maximize their return on life. He's the CO founding partner of Invictus capital, a multifamily acquisition firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 15 million in assets under management that provides busy working professionals with the opportunity to invest better, as the host of the Multifamily investing Made Simple podcast and author of passive investing Made Simple, Anthony firmly believes investing shouldn't be complicated, scary, or overwhelming. 

In this episode, Trevor and Anthony discuss:

•  Anthony’s background, what attracted him to invest in real estate and how he got started.
•  Using Triplex to start investing in real estate and how it works.
•  Scaling from triplex to bigger units.
•  How to grow your network and how to present opportunities to potential investors.
•  Being in line with SEC expectations and law when raising capitals.
•  The importance of education when starting a real estate business.

“It's definitely fun to get to wake up every day and chase your own dreams instead of going to check in at a job and build somebody else's.”

-Wesley Yates

Wesley Yates is a proud marine veteran with over nine years of active duty service that brings a strategic outlook and goal oriented mindset to the team. He has mentored and trained over 2000 individuals for leadership and development roles. He was recognized in 2013 by Congressman Ralph Hall for his outstanding character and service to his community. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration, with a concentration in finance from the University of Texas at Tyler. In late 2018. He turned down an operations management opportunity with Amazon to begin actively networking within the real estate investing community. Quickly building relationships with other like minded entrepreneurs has created an extensive network of accredited investors who believe in his vision for methodically acquiring commercial assets. Wesley is also an enthusiastic leader and brings with him skills crucial in building successful teams and driving performance. 

In this episode, Trevor and Wesley discuss:

●How Wesley started his real estate investing career.

●Where to find properties.

●Types of Asset Class.

●How to build a successful team.

●How to raise capital and the process of analyzing a deal.

“It's definitely fun to get to wake up every day and chase your own dreams instead of going to check in at a job and build somebody else's.”

-Wesley Yates

Wesley Yates is a proud marine veteran with over nine years of active duty service that brings a strategic outlook and goal oriented mindset to the team. He has mentored and trained over 2000 individuals for leadership and development roles. He was recognized in 2013 by Congressman Ralph Hall for his outstanding character and service to his community. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration, with a concentration in finance from the University of Texas at Tyler. In late 2018. He turned down an operations management opportunity with Amazon to begin actively networking within the real estate investing community. Quickly building relationships with other like minded entrepreneurs has created an extensive network of accredited investors who believe in his vision for methodically acquiring commercial assets. Wesley is also an enthusiastic leader and brings with him skills crucial in building successful teams and driving performance. 

In this episode, Trevor and Wesley discuss:

●How Wesley started his real estate investing career.

●Where to find properties.

●Types of Asset Class.

●How to build a successful team.

●How to raise capital and the process of analyzing a deal.

“People move away from pain doubly, then they move towards pleasure.”

-Tim Lyons

Tim is a 16 year veteran of the New York City Fire Department and currently serves as Lieutenant in the borough of Queens. Until recently, he also worked part time as an emergency room nurse at a level one trauma center. He brings years of real world management and leadership experience to his real estate investment career. Tim's initial goal with real estate was to create passive income and in turn, be able to spend more time with his wife and three little girls. After partnering on a multifamily property, he saw firsthand the power of real estate investing as an opportunity to create passive income and build wealth for his family. Tim has since started cityside capital, with the goal of not only growing his own portfolio, but also to help others realize the power that real estate investing can have on creating passive income and building wealth. His company, suicide capital has 79 million assets under management, including 561 multifamily units, has also invested as a limited partner and a 256 multifamily unit deal in Texas and then a large retail super center, and Tennessee. temperate tributes his early success in real estate investing education, and resting in coaches and mentors, and surrounding himself with like minded people. And most recently, in April 2021, Tim became an Amazon number one best selling author and a book he co authored with other authorities.

In this episode, Trevor and Tim discuss:

• How Tim started his real estate investing career.
• The steps you need to take prior to starting your own real estate investing career.
• The process of buying the First Three Family.
• How force depreciation works.
• The process of syndication deals and how it works.

“People move away from pain doubly, then they move towards pleasure.”

-Tim Lyons

Tim is a 16 year veteran of the New York City Fire Department and currently serves as Lieutenant in the borough of Queens. Until recently, he also worked part time as an emergency room nurse at a level one trauma center. He brings years of real world management and leadership experience to his real estate investment career. Tim's initial goal with real estate was to create passive income and in turn, be able to spend more time with his wife and three little girls. After partnering on a multifamily property, he saw firsthand the power of real estate investing as an opportunity to create passive income and build wealth for his family. Tim has since started cityside capital, with the goal of not only growing his own portfolio, but also to help others realize the power that real estate investing can have on creating passive income and building wealth. His company, suicide capital has 79 million assets under management, including 561 multifamily units, has also invested as a limited partner and a 256 multifamily unit deal in Texas and then a large retail super center, and Tennessee. temperate tributes his early success in real estate investing education, and resting in coaches and mentors, and surrounding himself with like minded people. And most recently, in April 2021, Tim became an Amazon number one best selling author and a book he co authored with other authorities.

In this episode, Trevor and Tim discuss:

• How Tim started his real estate investing career.
• The steps you need to take prior to starting your own real estate investing career.
• The process of buying the First Three Family.
• How force depreciation works.
• The process of syndication deals and how it works.

“You have to understand what you are good at, and what brings you passion and energy and joy.”
-Logan Freeman

Logan Freeman is a key principal co-founder and chief Development Officer of FTW investments. Prior to FTW investments, Logan was the director of acquisitions for a fund where he originated the concept, developed the operating plan and created the company's products worth over $50 million. He has also acquired over 1100 doors and a little over a year and completed a portfolio refinance returning all of the investors capital as well as maintaining a positive cash flow. Prior to working with the Real Estate Investment Group, Logan worked as a director of sales for a service management group.

In this episode, Trevor and Logan discuss:

• How Logan started in real estate investing and his strategies.
• The process of raising capital for the deals.
• The process of building an extensive network.
• The difficult experiences in real estate investing and how to overcome them.
• What the Kansas City Market looks like.
• Why focus on Class C space?

“You have to understand what you are good at, and what brings you passion and energy and joy.”
-Logan Freeman

Logan Freeman is a key principal co-founder and chief Development Officer of FTW investments. Prior to FTW investments, Logan was the director of acquisitions for a fund where he originated the concept, developed the operating plan and created the company's products worth over $50 million. He has also acquired over 1100 doors and a little over a year and completed a portfolio refinance returning all of the investors capital as well as maintaining a positive cash flow. Prior to working with the Real Estate Investment Group, Logan worked as a director of sales for a service management group.

In this episode, Trevor and Logan discuss:

• How Logan started in real estate investing and his strategies.
• The process of raising capital for the deals.
• The process of building an extensive network.
• The difficult experiences in real estate investing and how to overcome them.
• What the Kansas City Market looks like.
• Why focus on Class C space?